Experiences from Denmark

Establishment of Green Building Council Denmark

Choice of DGNB for adaptation and use in Denmark

Use and adaptation of DGNB New Urban Districts

Klaus Hansen Danish Building Research Institute / AAU

Klaus Hansen SBi/AAU

Green Building Council Denmark

Building initiative 2008 SBi, Rambøll & COWI (research & consultants)

National Association for Building (BS) Individual stakeholders (essential & interested) Other associations (property & construction) Government agency (buildings) DK-GBC established 2010 DGNB chosen Urban district initiative 2010 BS & government agency (planning) DK-GBC & district stakeholders DGNB Urban Districts adapted 2014

Klaus Hansen SBi/AAU

Choice of DGNB Green Building Council Denmark (DK-GBC) wanted • to use only one certification scheme • to choose an international scheme - not to develop a Danish • to choose a scheme, which could be adapted to Denmark

BREEAM, LEED, HQE and DGNB was tested on two office buildings involving foreign experts, and DK-GBC chose DGNB for adaptation and use in Denmark for buildings The arguments for choosing DGNB includes: • Equal focus on economic, environmental and social sustainability • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - like CEN/TC 350 and CPR • Inclusion of the overall economy (incl. LCC) • Performance-based evaluation allowing for innovation

Later on the governmental Nature Agency (responsible for planning) accepted the choice of DGNB also for urban districts

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Government agencies Agency for building regulations • Supported and participated in the establishment of DK-GBC

- better construction - higher quality - development and branding of the Danish construction sector

• Support the development of tools for LCA and LCC • Governmental building strategy under preparation

including promotion of sustainable construction Agency for governmental buildings • No demand for certification of governmental buildings so far

BUT regional authorities demands DGNB certification of new hospitals Agency for planning • Initiated the test of DGNB on urban districts

- identify needs for adaptation of DGNB - raise the level of ambition for sustainability - establish a common frame of reference

• Beside information are collected on best practices and other tools developped by individual municipalities or by others

• New governmental architecture policy promotes environmental, social and cultural sustainability mentioning DGNB

Klaus Hansen SBi/AAU

Status for Green Building Council Denmark

Adapted certification schemes for:

• new office buildings

• new urban districts

• new residential buildings

• new hospital buildings (under development)

• existing offices (wanted)

Certifications: 10 buildings

Precertifications: 9 buildings + 4 districts

Education: 216 DGNB consultants 19 DGNB auditors

Members of DK-GBC: 200+

International contact: DGNB, ÖGNI, SGNI, Nordic, EU & WGBC

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Gold Silver

Silver Silver

Klaus Hansen SBi/AAU

Nordhavn

Brygger Bakke

Nørrestrand Carlsberg Byen

Danish experiences regarding DGNB New Urban Districts

Results • DGNB commits cooperation between the parties involved • Strong collaboration between all the involved parties and experts

inclusive the municipalities from the very beginning • Strong Danish practice concerning energy, climate adaptation,

urban life, cycling and mixed-use development, • But material consumption, communication and marketing

are new issues • Using DGNB is resource-intensive – especially in a pilot phase • Four projects pre-certified: one got gold and three got silver Adaptation • Almost all topics are considered essential in a Danish context • In particular, the references to German law and standards

required adaptation to Danish references • In some areas, the thinking is different in Denmark,

e.g. concerning health, mobility and transport planning Klaus Hansen SBi/AAU

” Certification create a comon platform and a common goal, so that a broad

cooperation between all players can start early in the process. The ambitions becomes measurable, it commits in a good way. Beside local, regional and international

comparisons can be made.”

Sonja Stockmarr / Henning Larsen Architects

Klaus Hansen SBi/AAU

Adaptation of DGNB

Klaus Hansen SBi/AAU

Working groups involving experts and practitioners

from all parties in the sector

Danish perspectives regarding DGNB New Urban Districts

• DGNB is a certification tool, not a process or dialogue tool

• Integrative planning and process guidelines needed • DGNB is resource-intensive

meant for ambitious projects - more experience & use of auditors is expected to reduce

• DGNB's list of criteria can separately be used as checklist

• Important that DGNB's criteria now will be public available

• An overview of the Planning Act regarding sustainability are expected

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